Television cable network founded in 1994, dedicated to the GameShow genre. In particular, Game Show Network was founded to air reruns of classic TV game shows from the 1950s onward. Starting in the late 1990s, the network began creating its own, starting with live call-in programs and eventually branching out into original formats and revivals of obscure formats.

At first, the network's rerun lineup ran the gamut from [[Creator/MarkGoodson Goodson-Todman]] stalwarts such as ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', ''Series/{{Password}}'', ''Series/FamilyFeud'', and ''Series/MatchGame'' to other familiar programs owned by Sony (such as ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'', ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', ''Series/TicTacDough'', ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'', and ''Series/TheJokersWild''). Over time, the lineup has undergone countless changes, thanks in no small part to some degree of NetworkDecay.

The current schedule is sometimes criticized by fans for relying too much on fairly recent material (''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', the Sherri Shepherd version of ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'', the Steve Harvey seasons of ''Family Feud'') and material that doesn't quite qualify as game shows (''Series/HighStakesPoker'', ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', ''Family Trade'').

In August 2012, GSN began using "Game Show Network" under the logo in promos for ''The Pyramid'', which quickly spread to the credit crunches (amusingly, in a vertical style reminiscent of the original 1994-97 logo). In 2013, GSN began referring to itself explicitly in its promos as "Game Show Network" for the first time in nearly a decade.

In 2015, the network gained competition in the form of Buzzr, a new digital subchannel network run by Creator/FremantleMedia. Buzzr is airing the programs they own that are not part of GSN's lineup outside of ''Series/MatchGame'', and is currently in several markets with a planned nationwide rollout.----!!Original GSN programming, counting revivals of existing formats:[[index]]* ''20Q''* ''Series/AmericanBibleChallenge''* ''As Seen On...'' (series that basically consisted of clips)* ''Series/{{Baggage}}''* ''Big Saturday Night''* ''Bingo America'' (semi-revival of ''Series/NationalBingoNight'', using the same ball cage)* ''Black And White Overnite'' (also known as "Sunday Night In Black & White")* ''Burt Luddin's Love Buffet''* ''Camouflage'' (hidden words rather than hidden pictures)* ''Carnie Wilson: Unstapled''* ''[[Series/{{Gambit}} Catch 21]]'' (revival of ''Gambit'')* ''Series/ChainReaction'' (revival of 1980s-90s game show)* ''Series/TheChase'' (update of the UK show)* ''Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned''* ''Club A.M.'' (and its successor, ''GSN Live'')* ''Series/{{Cram}}''* ''DJ Games''* ''Decades'' (and its revival, ''Super Decades'')* ''Divided'' (based on UK series)* ''Series/DrewCareysImprovAGanza''* ''Emogenius''* ''Extreme Gong'' (revival of ''Series/TheGongShow'')* ''Fake-A-Date''* ''Faux Pause'' (essentially ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' with game shows, only really terrible)* ''Series/FriendOrFoe?''* ''Grand Slam'' (US debut of a British format) * ''Series/{{Hellevator}}''* ''Hollywood Showdown''* ''Series/HowMuchIsEnough''* ''Series/{{Idiotest}}''* ''Series/{{Inquizition}}''* ''Series/LateNightLiars''* ''Series/{{Lingo}}'' (revivals of 1980s game show)* ''Lovers Lounge''* ''Mall Masters''* ''The Money List'' (revival of FOX's one-and-done ''The Rich List'')* ''National Lampoon's Funny Money''* ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' (2009 revival)* ''Series/OneVersusAHundred'' (Carrie Ann Inaba revival)* ''[=PlayMania=]''* ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The Pyramid]]'' (2012 revival)* ''Series/RussianRoulette''* ''Skin Wars'' (Body-painting reality show with professional body painters)** ''Skin Wars: Fresh Paint'' (Body-painting reality show with people from several artistic fields doing body painting for the first time)* ''Series/ThatsTheQuestion''* ''Throut And Neck''* ''Trivia Track''* ''Series/{{Whammy}}!'' (revival of the 1980s ''Series/PressYourLuck'')* ''When Did That Happen?''* ''Series/{{Winsanity}}''* ''Series/WinTuition''[[/index]]----%%[Note: while network pages generally don't have examples, there's really no other way to get these points across.]%%!!This network provides examples of:* AdBumpers: They occasionally do ones themed to both reruns of old shows, and to their original works.* AprilFoolsDay: In 2003, the hosts of the network's original shows at the time traded places, except for Chuck Woolery who stayed with ''Lingo''. That day's ''Lingo'' featured four of the hosts playing a charity game against each other, with remaining host [[Series/{{Whammy}} Todd Newton]] serving as announcer/comic relief. [[note]](Also airing that day was a 1984 episode of ''The Newlywed Game'' hosted by Jim Lange.)[[/note]]* CreditsPushback: Originally nonexistent. Until 1999, the only thing Game Show Network did during the credits was a brief, unobtrusive voiceover for other network programming that echoed those of the classic games and was typically placed over the "coming up" voiceovers of the original episode.** From 1999-2001, the credits were horizontally crunched for a brief promo, with the show on the right side and from 2001-04, both show and promo in square boxes. In both cases, everything was still legible and the show generally .** Since the change to GSN, the crunches have become annoying to the point of illegibility, taking up about 90% of the screen and moving on to the next show when the promos conclude, cutting off the {{Vanity Plate}}s on most shows and almost always nullifying the fee plugs read by TheAnnouncer (though those, strangely, are still closed-captioned).** They at least had the decency not to crunch ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' (since Monty Hall made mini-deals with the audience throughout the credits) or some of the ''Black And White Overnite'' shows.* KidsBlock: During GSN's heyday, "Kids Zone", a block of kids/teen episodes of adult game shows (e.g., "Teen Week" of ''Wheel of Fortune''), kids versions of adult game shows (e.g., ''[[Series/TheJokersWild Joker! Joker! Joker!]]'', ''Jep!'' and ''Wheel 2000'') and kids-only programs (''Juvenile Jury'', ''The Quiz Kids Challenge'') was aired on Saturday mornings.** After the "Dark Period" ended in 1998, these programs often included commentary cut in by a "Junior GSN Ball" and adult host Adrian R'Mante (usually when an announcer would stumble over copy, host-contestant interaction, the kids were being themselves, etc.), which most viewers found very annoying instead of cute or humorous.* TheRemake: Done often to obscurities. The Woolery-hosted revival of ''Lingo'' was by far the best received, while ''Catch 21'' is considered a worthy ''Gambit'' revamp with minimal changes to what had been a winning format (along with being heralded as Creator/MerrillHeatter's return to TV after nearly 20 years). The Dylan Lane-hosted ''Chain Reaction'' returned the mental agility that was the Instant Reaction bonus game, but was tempered by clueless contestants and Lane's generally sucky hosting (Mike Catherwood's version is generally well received, with Catherwood being more genial). ''Extreme Gong'' and Bill Engvall's ''Lingo'', on the other hand...----